leff@smu.UUCP (12/04/83)
#N:smu:14300007:000:172 smu!leff Dec 2 08:28:00 1983 I have a student here who would like to purchase a RS-232 card for a TRS-80 Model1. Anybody like to sell one or know where to get one. L. Leff allegra!parsec!smu!leff
towson%amsaa@sri-unix.UUCP (12/06/83)
From: David Towson (CSD) <towson@amsaa> The 1983 Radio Shack TRS-80 Catalog, #RSC-9, still lists the RS-232 board for the Model-I. It is on page 28, with the outrageous price of $99.00. About a year ago, a group of associates and I bought one for a departing colleague, and I had to haggle with the store manager to let me install it and not pay an additional fee for installation. As of about three months ago, the little switching power supply used on this board was still available as a replacement part from RS for about $10.00. A friend had to buy one. Sure hope you can find a private source. The price from RS is only slightly better than the $139.00 IBM wants for the same thing for their PC. Dave